Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Michalik

Joseph C. Michalik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Investment mold slurry curtain apparatus
    Patent number: 11786961
    Abstract: An investment mold slurry curtain apparatus includes a slurry curtain of a slurry fluid, the slurry curtain having a length and a thickness, the length substantially greater than the thickness. The apparatus also includes an outlet configured to dispense the slurry fluid and form the slurry curtain. The investment mold slurry curtain apparatus may include and be described as an investment mold slurry coating apparatus including a conduit configured to receive a flow of a slurry fluid and an outlet operatively coupled to the conduit, the outlet configured to dispense the flow of the slurry as a curtain of the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Metal Casting Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Biederman, Thomas Bonaventura, Patrick E. Dodd, Joseph C. Michalik
  • Method and apparatus for counter-gravity mold filling
    Patent number: 11364539
    Abstract: A counter-gravity casting method and apparatus in which the mold is held stationary and the crucible is moved generally laterally from a melt chamber to a fill chamber positioned below the mold with respect to gravity. A casting chamber is located generally above the fill chamber with respect to gravity. The method and apparatus utilize separate chambers for melting and casting in which the pressure in each chamber can be varied relative to each other in order to introduce molten metal into the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Metal Casting Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay B. Shendye, Joseph C. Michalik, Jr.
  • Method and Apparatus for Counter-Gravity Mold Filling
    Publication number: 20200139430
    Abstract: A counter-gravity casting method and apparatus in which the mold is held stationary and the crucible is moved generally laterally from a melt chamber to a fill chamber positioned below the mold with respect to gravity. A casting chamber is located generally above the fill chamber with respect to gravity. The method and apparatus utilize separate chambers for melting and casting in which the pressure in each chamber can be varied relative to each other in order to introduce molten metal into the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Sanjay B. Shendye, Joseph C. Michalik, JR.
  • Method and apparatus for counter-gravity mold filling
    Patent number: 10562095
    Abstract: A counter-gravity casting method and apparatus in which the mold is held stationary and the crucible is moved generally laterally from a melt chamber to a fill chamber positioned below the mold with respect to gravity. A casting chamber is located generally above the fill chamber with respect to gravity. The method and apparatus utilize separate chambers for melting and casting in which the pressure in each chamber can be varied relative to each other in order to introduce molten metal into the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: METAL CASTING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sanjay B. Shendye, Joseph C. Michalik, Jr.
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUNTER-GRAVITY MOLD FILLING
    Publication number: 20180354026
    Abstract: A counter-gravity casting method and apparatus in which the mold is held stationary and the crucible is moved generally laterally from a melt chamber to a fill chamber positioned below the mold with respect to gravity. A casting chamber is located generally above the fill chamber with respect to gravity. The method and apparatus utilize separate chambers for melting and casting in which the pressure in each chamber can be varied relative to each other in order to introduce molten metal into the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Sanjay B. SHENDYE, Joseph C. MICHALIK, JR.
  • INVESTMENT MOLD SLURRY CURTAIN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170100770
    Abstract: An investment mold slurry curtain apparatus includes a slurry curtain of a slurry fluid, the slurry curtain having a length and a thickness, the length substantially greater than the thickness. The apparatus also includes an outlet configured to dispense the slurry fluid and form the slurry curtain. The investment mold slurry curtain apparatus may include and be described as an investment mold slurry coating apparatus including a conduit configured to receive a flow of a slurry fluid and an outlet operatively coupled to the conduit, the outlet configured to dispense the flow of the slurry as a curtain of the slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Scott W. Biederman, Thomas Bonaventura, Patrick E. Dodd, Joseph C. Michalik